A look at D'Angelo's career-spanning essential songs
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On the somber day of his passing, here are our staff picks for D’Angelo’s 10 all-time greatest songs.
How Does It Feel remains one of the most vulnerable pieces by D'Angelo as he pours his heart out. The song featured in his second studio album, Voodoo, and won Grammy awards for both. Fans returned to the music video uploaded on YouTube and paid tribute to the singer.
D'Angelo could effortlessly weave hip-hop into his sound and Devil's Pie might be the best example. This song sounds like a breezy Sunday afternoon ride with your favorite person and the windows down. Has a case for best song The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill, which is saying a lot for a classic album.
D’Angelo, the four-time Grammy Award-winning R&B singer who helped define and elevate the ‘90s neo-soul movement, has reportedly passed away at the age of 51. Known for his velvet vocals, genre-blending sound, and deeply spiritual artistry, D’Angelo was more than a musician; he was a cultural force.
D’Angelo was a visionary, a musical genius, and a neo-soul pioneer whose music, infused with Gospel, funk, soul, and Hip-Hop, ministered to and defined a generation.
D’Angelo, the influential four-time Grammy-winning singer, songwriter and producer who had several big R&B hits including “Lady,” “Brown Sugar” and “Untitled (How Does It Feel)” and two Top 5 albums,
The pioneering soul and R&B singer passed after a quiet and courageous battle with cancer, according to his family.
Tributes have flooded in for the R&B and soul singer D’Angelo, who has died aged 51 after a pancreatic cancer diagnosis. In a statement, his family wrote that the star, whose real name was Michael Eugene Archer, left behind a "legacy of extraordinarily moving music" and asked fans to celebrate “the gift of song that he has left for the world”.